Jesse Inskeep's Portfolio
Resume
Inskeep Photography
Inskeep Photography has been my new adventure. My wife helped me design the site, which has had several touchups and makeovers within the last couple months. I needed a simple site that I could use as a portfolio to showcase some of my photography work. I integrated a JavaScript based flash gallery on the front page as well as using a JavaScript based slideshow program for the photo shoot galleries. This site was my first attempt at setting up a CakePHP site. I was asked by a potential client about developing a site in CakePHP, so I decided to give it a shot and see how this framework functioned, and I would have to say I was impressed! Overall, this is a simple site that puts a face on my business and makes it easy for potential clients to see my work and contact me.
Code Used: PHP, CakePHP, XHTML, CSS, MySQL
Global Fire Control
The Global Fire Control System’s website development had some real problems when we first started looking at their site. A large portion of the content was images instead of text. They had no way to update their products and the design needed a large overhaul. Most of the visitors to their site come from RedZee, a specialized search engine. The problem was the SEO for the site was not thought out. After getting the architecture on the site changed, we worked on getting the sitemap updated and getting the site out there. The products section was another large task. With the old site, everything was static. I developed a CMS database system using PHP and MySQL to create a quicker way for the customers to modify their current products and keep the site updated. Overall, the project was a huge success.
Code Used: PHP, XHTML, CSS, MySQL, JavaScript
QCCVB Calendar of Events
This page is the most viewed part of the website, for good reason. This application is an online events calendar for events going on in the Quad Cities. There is a full CMS for this so all the events can be edited very easily with no programming of HTML experience. I tried to make this as easy as possible to find events by day, or by other search criteria. Unfortunately from the front end of the site, you can only see half of this application so I will include screen shots of the back end. This project was also my first introduction into classes with PHP which I utilized on the back end to make it much easier to manage data with the database.
Code Used: PHP, XHTML, CSS, MySQL
http://www.visitquadcities.com/for_visitors/calendar.html
QCCVB Event Submission Page
For the events calendar, there needed to be a page in which people could then submit the events for the calendar. There really wasn't anything too complicated about this page, until I got to the event location part of the form. Some of the members were asking if there was a way that their information could be populated into the forms automatically after selecting their name. So I created a database with all of the location information which also tied to the location information on the calendar. To populate the boxes, I used AJAX so the database could be queried and the information populated into the text boxes without the page having to be reloaded.
Code Used: PHP, XHTML, CSS, MySQL, AJAX
http://www.visitquadcities.com/for_members/calendar_submit.html
Advanced Business Systems
Simple, easy to read, and easy to get the contact information. ABS is a local company that wanted a quick design update to their site. Although I feel some things could have been dealt with differently, the overall appearance of the site was simplified and the client was happy with the final product.
Code Used: XHTML, CSS
Power Us
The "Power Us" site was another one of my early projects that I choose to create. The site would mostly be used by older people with older computers so it needed to be an easy-to-read site. They also didn't want to have many pictures because most of the people that would viewing the site only have 56k. All around, this is a really simple site that I thought flowed very well and got the message across very effectively. The hardest part of this site was a spiritual gifts test. This test consists of a 50 question quiz. A person answers questions and it tells them what spiritual gifts they possess. This information is then displayed on the screen and emailed to the pastor of the church.
Code Used: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
Jesse's Web Design
This is a simple website that I set up for my personal web design business. I tried to go with a very simple design that would get the point across effectively. At the same time do something different that doesn't look like every other 'cookie-cutter' website. This was one of the first sites that I ever designed so it is not very complicated.
Code Used: XHTML, CSS, SSI
